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Journal of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences ›› 2024, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 145-150.DOI: 10.7523/j.ucas.2022.060

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Mahler measure of a two-variable polynomial

ZHANG Anhao, TANG Guoping   

  1. School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2022-04-25 Revised:2022-06-08 Online:2024-03-15

Abstract: In this paper, we express the Mahler measure of a two-variable polynomial P(x,y)=(x2+1)y2+2(x2+x)y+x(x2+1) as a linear sum of some Bloch-Wigner Dilogarithm functions. and prove that the Mahler measure of P(x,y) is rationally proportional to L'(χ-3,-1):m(P(x,y))=5/2L'(χ-3,-1).

Key words: Mahler measure, Bloch-Wigner dilogarithm functions, special values of L-functions

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